“I could hear him pleading, ‘Please, officer, what’s all this for?’” Mr. Hall said in an interview on Wednesday night with The New York Times.Mr. Floyd, Hall and an unidentified women were found by police in a parked car shortly after police say Floyd used a counterfeit $20 bill to purchase cigarettes at a nearby store. '” Hall told Following the death of George Floyd, Hall left Minnesota and went home to Houston where he was arrested on Monday for outstanding warrants related to felony domestic assault, felony drug possession, and felony possession of a firearm according to the New York Times.Hall told the newspaper that he wasn’t questioned by police about his outstanding warrants and was instead questioned until 3 a.m. about Floyd’s death. Prosecutors charged a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd's neck with second-degree murder on June 3 and for the first time leveled charges against three other officers at the scene.Family members remembered George Floyd at a funeral service in Minneapolis on Thursday, June 4.MINNEAPOLIS -- A man with George Floyd at the time of his arrest said his longtime friend didn't resist arrest and tried to diffuse the situation when officers began screaming at Floyd.Man charged with impaling driver with crowbar during protestAuburn Gresham Walmart reopens after being damaged in lootingHell's Angel sparked Minneapolis riots over George Floyd: PoliceBlack-owned ice cream shop gives back to 2020 gradsChicago police to flood downtown with 1K officers this weekend13 tornadoes hit greater Chicago area during derecho, NWS says ComEd outage still impacting nearly 40K in Chicago areaAffordable back-to-school tech options as unusual year beginsNew Chicago looting video released as feds investigate hundreds of digital leads Boat-in movie expected to draw large crowd on Pistakee LakeTrump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracyCarol Stream attempted kidnapping suspect may be connected to 2019 Glendale Heights attackBrake problems push Ford to recall 562,000 vehicles Apple, Google drop Fortnite from app stores over paymentsChicago police to flood downtown with 1K officers this weekend13 tornadoes hit greater Chicago area during derecho, NWS says Now, he's sharing his story At the time Floyd was handcuffed and eventually killed by Former Officer Derek Chauvin, he was wit two people, one of whom is speaking out against the police officers.

Even with outstanding warrants, this should have been done another way.”“I knew what was happening, that they were coming. After his arrest, he was questioned for hours by a Minnesota state investigator about Mr. Floyd’s death — not about his warrants. “This is not how you treat a key witness, especially one that had just seen his friend murdered by police. The other 3 officers who were arrested on Wednesday are being charged with aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder and aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter. I mean, here I am. Authorities initially arrested Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who pinned Floyd to the ground by his neck for Three other former officers who were at the scene were also arrested Wednesday and charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.He was in the car when Floyd was arrested.

A mural of George Floyd … The officer asked him to show his hands and Floyd put his hands on the steering wheel, Hall said. It was inevitable,” Mr. Hall said in the interview with The Times. Please, man.” Lane assures him he won’t shoot him, but Floyd begins sobbing and telling them how he … A 30-minute bodycam video has been released which shows the final minutes of George Floyd’s life. Mr. Hall said that he considered Mr. Floyd a confidant and a mentor, like many in the community, and that he went back to Houston because the “only ties I had in Minnesota that had me Houston-rooted was George.”Agents of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is building the state’s case against Mr. Chauvin and the three other officers involved in the Floyd case, “attempted to contact Mr. Hall numerous times to no avail,” said Bruce Gordon, a spokesman for the bureau.Mr.
Drew Brees apologizes for comments. George Floyd memorial being held in Minneapolis. “They came and saw, and left me to fighting for my freedom.”Passengers in the car with Mr. Floyd, a man and a woman, had remained unidentified until Mr. Hall spoke with The Times on Wednesday. He found out on social media the next day that he was dead, said Ashlee McFarlane, Hall's attorney"After seeing the video the next day like my lawyer said and knowing from that angle of the video that was released, it's horrific," Hall said. It’s not about me.”Mr. Maurice Lester Hall, a man with George Floyd at the time of his arrest, says his friend didn't resist arrest and tried to diffuse the situation when officers began screaming at Floyd. As people remembered Floyd at a memorial service in Minneapolis on Thursday, his friend Maurice Hall said he wants justice. "In other words, like why are y'all detaining -- using such force right now with me? George Floyd did not resist arrest and pleaded with police officers before his death last month in Minneapolis, his friend said.

In the car with Floyd is his ex, Shawanda Hill, and a friend, Maurice Hall.

While he could not hear much of what the officers were saying, Hall said, he could see Floyd handcuffed on the ground, squirming, pleading for air and saying he couldn't breathe.When Floyd was shuffled away in a gurney, Hall was told he was free to go, and thought his friend had been taken to an ambulance. Officer, please don’t shoot me. That’s what sticks with me, seeing a grown man cry, before seeing a grown man die.”Mr.
Mr. Hall said that he did not know the woman’s name.Minnesota officials said on Wednesday that the state had upgraded the charges against Mr. Chauvin to second-degree murder from third-degree murder and manslaughter. Maurice Lester Hall said he was with George Floyd and sitting in the passenger seat of the SUV approached by police in Minneapolis on May 25. The fatal encounter started when police approached both men while they were sitting in an SUV on May 25, he said. Maurice Lester Hall gave his first interview since Floyd was killed and said that his friend “in no form or way” resisted arrest.“I could hear him pleading, ‘Please, officer, what’s all this for?